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How chemicals like PFAS can increase your risk of severe COVID-19

  • Written by Kathryn Crawford, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Middlebury
imageThe same chronic illnesses associated with exposure to endocrine-disrupting compounds also increase risk of developing severe COVID-19.Engin Akyurt and Kai Dahms/Unsplash

Nearly a year before the novel coronavirus emerged, Dr. Leonardo Trasande published “Sicker, Fatter, Poorer,” a book about connections between environmental pollutants...

Read more: How chemicals like PFAS can increase your risk of severe COVID-19

Historic Bristol Bay, Alaska salmon fishery dealing with latest challenge: COVID-19

  • Written by Kevin Berry, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage
imageFishing boat captains jockey for position near the mouth of the Naknek River, which flows into Bristol Bay.Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Northwest summers mean salmon on the grill. While Alaskans fill freezers with their own catch – our freezers are filled with enough salmon to last until next summer – those grilling...

Read more: Historic Bristol Bay, Alaska salmon fishery dealing with latest challenge: COVID-19

COVID-19 clues in a community's sewage: 4 questions answered about watching wastewater for coronavirus

  • Written by Kyle Bibby, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, University of Notre Dame
imageGerms flushed down the drain can be detected at water treatment plants.Derek Davis/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images

Researchers around the world are testing wastewater for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, in hopes that what goes down the drain can act as an early warning system for COVID-19 infections in communities.

Environmental engineer Kyle...

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Newly hatched Florida sea turtles are consuming dangerous quantities of floating plastic

  • Written by David Duffy, Assistant Professor of Wildlife Disease Genomics, University of Florida
imageDeceased post-hatchling loggerhead sea turtle next to plastic pieces found in its stomach and intestines.Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, CC BY-ND

Plastic pollution has been found in practically every environment on the planet, with especially severe effects on ocean life. Plastic waste harms marine life in many ways – most notably, when animals...

Read more: Newly hatched Florida sea turtles are consuming dangerous quantities of floating plastic

Could religious exemptions trump a COVID-19 vaccine mandate? Well, that depends

  • Written by Ross D. Silverman, Professor of Public Health and Law, Indiana University
imageA vaccine for COVID-19 may only effectively stop the spread if enough people take it. Javier Zayas Photography/Getty Images

The longer COVID-19 rages on, the more the United States appears to be hanging its hopes on the development and rapid, massdistribution of a vaccine.

Getting a safe and effective vaccine out to the public could be a game changer...

Read more: Could religious exemptions trump a COVID-19 vaccine mandate? Well, that depends

Vaccine mandates vs. religious beliefs -- the legal arguments for the upcoming coronavirus lawsuits

  • Written by Ross D. Silverman, Professor of Public Health and Law, Indiana University
imageA vaccine for COVID-19 may only effectively stop the spread if enough people take it. Javier Zayas Photography/Getty Images

The longer COVID-19 rages on, the more the United States appears to be hanging its hopes on the development and rapid, massdistribution of a vaccine.

Getting a safe and effective vaccine out to the public could be a game changer...

Read more: Vaccine mandates vs. religious beliefs -- the legal arguments for the upcoming coronavirus lawsuits

Let's call athletes 'workers,' and let's call these NBA protests what they were – strikes

  • Written by Abraham I. Khan, Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Communication Arts & Sciences, Pennsylvania State University
imageWhen NBA players refused to take the court, athlete activism escalated to a new level.Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images

The Milwaukee Bucks’ startling refusal to take to the court for their NBA playoff game on Aug. 26 was the most consequential political development in sports over the last 50 years.

In recent years, the prevailing media...

Read more: Let's call athletes 'workers,' and let's call these NBA protests what they were – strikes

A burning chemical plant may be just the tip of Hurricane Laura's damage in this area of oil fields and industry

  • Written by John Pardue, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University
imageSmoke billowed from the fire at a chlorine plant in Westlake, Louisiana, after Hurricane Laura moved through on Aug. 27. AP Photo/David J. Phillip

Hurricane Laura plowed through the heart of Louisiana’s oil and chemical industries as a powerful Category 4 storm, leaving a chlorine plant on fire and the potential for more hazardous damage in...

Read more: A burning chemical plant may be just the tip of Hurricane Laura's damage in this area of oil...

Federal agents sent to Kenosha, but history shows militarized policing in cities can escalate violence and trigger conflict

  • Written by Angélica Durán-Martínez, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
imageSending in the feds to quell unrest often increases conflict on the ground, as it did this summer in Portland, Ore.Nathan Howard/Getty Images

The U.S. Justice Department has dispatched federal agents and U.S. marshals to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where a police shooting left an unarmed Black man, Jacob Blake, paralyzed. The Aug. 23 shooting triggered...

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Maria Montessori challenged and changed how kids are taught, and remains influential today

  • Written by Catherine McTamaney, Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, Vanderbilt University
imageThe education innovator, in London, in the late 1940s.AP Photo

One hundred and fifty years after Maria Montessori’s birth, tens of thousands of teachers around the world still hail her innovations and educational philosophy.

One of Italy’s first female doctors, Montessori applied her training as a scientist to teaching children in new...

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  1. ¿Cómo puedes utilizar la ventilación para prevenir la propagación de COVID-19 dentro de tu casa?
  2. History tells us trying to stop diseases like COVID-19 at the border is a failed strategy
  3. Hurricane Laura was the latest storm to strengthen fast, but is rapid intensification really becoming more common?
  4. When police stop Black men, the effects reach into their homes and families
  5. The US has lots to lose and little to gain by banning TikTok and WeChat
  6. One coup leads to another, history shows – though many in Mali hope theirs was the very rare 'good coup'
  7. Joe Kennedy III challenges Ed Markey in 2020's weirdest primary race
  8. 1 in 10 US students are English learners
  9. When plants and their microbes are not in sync, the results can be disastrous
  10. Cool touch shirts can make you feel cool on hot days, but which materials work best?
  11. Trump accepts the nomination from the White House lawn, portraying a nation in crisis and himself as its hero
  12. Why Americans are buying more guns than ever
  13. Así es como la moda ha servido históricamente para el distanciamiento social
  14. Religious tourism has been hit hard in the pandemic as sites close and pilgrimages are put on hold
  15. FDA is departing from long-standing procedures to deal with public health crises, and this may foreshadow problems for COVID-19 vaccines
  16. The white supremacist origins of modern marriage advice
  17. Trump's foreign policy is still 'America First' – what does that mean, exactly?
  18. Abolishing child labor took the specter of 'white slavery' and the job market's near collapse during the Great Depression
  19. Jerry Falwell Jr. will leave behind a very different legacy from his influential father
  20. Hurricanes and wildfires are colliding with the COVID-19 pandemic – and compounding the risks
  21. Mail-in voting's potential problems only begin at the post office – an underfunded, underprepared decentralized system could be trouble
  22. Afghanistan's peace process is stalled. Can the Taliban be trusted to hold up their end of the deal?
  23. Emily Dickinson is the unlikely hero of our time
  24. The right to vote is not in the Constitution
  25. Presidents have a long history of condescension, indifference and outright racism towards Black Americans
  26. The tech field failed a 25-year challenge to achieve gender equality by 2020 – culture change is key to getting on track
  27. Declining antibodies and immunity to COVID-19 – why the worry?
  28. TikTok is a unique blend of social media platforms – here's why kids love it
  29. What makes Donald Trump and John Wayne heroes of the Christian Right?
  30. What the Falwell saga tells us about evangelicals and gender roles
  31. 5 ways families can enjoy astronomy during the pandemic
  32. Forced sterilization policies in the US targeted minorities and those with disabilities – and lasted into the 21st century
  33. Why police unions are not part of the American labor movement
  34. La invención de la brujería satánica: al principio nadie creía pero después vino la 'caza de brujas'
  35. School nurses should be leading the COVID-19 response, but many schools don't have one
  36. Video: Current rates of vaccine hesitancy in the US could mean a long road to normalcy
  37. A man was reinfected with coronavirus after recovery – what does this mean for immunity?
  38. Biloxi's 15-year recovery from Hurricane Katrina offers lessons for other coastal cities
  39. Western wildfires are spinning off tornadoes – here’s how fires create their own freakish weather
  40. Extreme wildfires can create their own dangerous weather, including fire tornadoes – here's how
  41. Constant dieters might be choosing the wrong way to lose weight
  42. Reopening elementary schools carries less COVID-19 risk than high schools – but that doesn't guarantee safety
  43. While the US is reeling from COVID-19, the Trump administration is trying to take away health care
  44. Voters aren’t the only ones who dread slow mail – struggling small businesses are also at risk from Postal Service delays
  45. Approval of a coronavirus vaccine would be just the beginning – huge production challenges could cause long delays
  46. ¿Tienes hijos o sobrinos pequeños? Estas son tres maneras de ayudarlos a interactuar pese al COVID-19
  47. Economic hardship from COVID-19 will hit minority seniors the most
  48. Voting by mail is convenient, but not always secret
  49. Latin American women are disappearing and dying under lockdown
  50. In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, what should you say to someone who refuses to wear a mask? A philosopher weighs in